#antiphrasis

Oxygen doesn’t grow on trees

Inktober #11 Figuras literarias / Figures of speech

Antífrase
Modo de expresión consistente en expoñer unha idea pola idea contraria, é dicir, empregando as palabras que signifiquen o contrario.

Antífrasis
Designación de personas o cosas con palabras que signifiquen lo contrario de lo que se debiera decir.

Antiphrasis
The use of a word in a sense opposite to its proper meaning.

ăn-tĭf'rə-sĭs (n.) A word used to mean its opposite.

Example: I think my wife just used an antiphrasis. She said “OK” and just walked away like she was mad. Can you come over here and help me figure it out? I hate when women don’t say what they want to communicate. It makes everything so confusing.